10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b03160.s001 Yulia Yu. Enakieva Yulia Yu. Enakieva Marina V. Volostnykh Marina V. Volostnykh Sergey E. Nefedov Sergey E. Nefedov Gayane A. Kirakosyan Gayane A. Kirakosyan Yulia G. Gorbunova Yulia G. Gorbunova Aslan Yu. Tsivadze Aslan Yu. Tsivadze Alla G. Bessmertnykh-Lemeune Alla G. Bessmertnykh-Lemeune Christine Stern Christine Stern Roger Guilard Roger Guilard Gallium(III) and Indium(III) Complexes with <i>meso</i>-Monophosphorylated Porphyrins: Synthesis and Structure. A First Example of Dimers Formed by the Self-Assembly of <i>meso</i>-Porphyrinylphosphonic Acid Monoester American Chemical Society 2017 31 P NMR self-assembled dimer Monophosphorylated Porphyrins X-ray diffraction porphyrin molecules phosphonic acids phosphonate substituent 1 H X-ray structure meso oxygen atom gallium First Example UV 2017-02-14 17:34:28 Journal contribution https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Gallium_III_and_Indium_III_Complexes_with_i_meso_i_-Monophosphorylated_Porphyrins_Synthesis_and_Structure_A_First_Example_of_Dimers_Formed_by_the_Self-Assembly_of_i_meso_i_-Porphyrinylphosphonic_Acid_Monoester/4650289 The synthesis and structural characterization, both in solution by means of <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>31</sup>P NMR and UV–vis spectroscopies and in the solid state by X-ray diffraction on single crystal, of a series of gallium­(III) and indium­(III) <i>meso</i>-mono­(diethoxyphosphoryl)­porphyrins bearing different peripheral substituents as well as the corresponding monoesters and phosphonic acids are reported. This work describes the first example of the X-ray structure of a self-assembled dimer formed via strong binding between the oxygen atom of the phosphonate substituent and the gallium­(III) cations of adjacent porphyrin molecules [Ga–O = 1.9708(13) Å].